Biography:
Okkervil River is an indie/folk rock band from Austin, Texas USA. Formed in 1998, the band takes its name from a short story by Russian author Tatyana Tolstaya. The band currently consists of Will Sheff (vocals, guitar), Will Graefe (guitar), Sarah K. Pedinotti (keyboards), Benjamin Lazar Davis (bass) and Cully Symington (drums).
The band self-released their first album, Stars Too Small to Use, which led them to the South by Southwest music festival.
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Other songs:
- A Favor (guitar Solo)
- A Stone
- Lost Coastlines
- Maine Island Lovers
- Our Life Is Not A Movie Or Maybe
- Plus Ones
- Song Of Our So-called Friend
- Westfall
- A Girl In Port
- A Glow
- A Hand To Take Hold Of The Scene
- A King And A Queen
- All The Time Everyday
- Another Radio Song
- Auntie Alice
- Black
- Black Nemo
- Black Sheep Boy
- Blanket And Crib
- Blue Tulip
- Bruce Wayne Campbell Interviewed On The Roof Of The Chelsea Hotel 1979
- Calling And Not Calling My Ex
- Comes Indiana Through The Smoke
- Dead Faces
- Do What You Gotta Do
- Dont Move Back To La
- Down Down The Deep River
- Famous Tracheotomies
- For Real
- For The Enemy
- From A Cutlass Cruiser
- Get Big
- Hanging From A Hit
- Happy Hearts
- It Ends With A Fall
- It Was My Season
- John Allyn Smith Sails
- Kansas City
- Lady Liberty
- Lay Of The Last Survivor
- Lido Pier Suicide Car
- Lines
- Listening To Otis Redding At Home During Christmas
- Love To A Monster
- Mary On A Wave
- No Hidden Track
- No Key No Plan
- Oh Precious
- Okkervil River Rip
- Okkervil River Song
- On A Balcony
- On Tour With Zykos
- Pink Slips
- Piratess
- Pop Lie
- Presidents Dead
- Red
- Rider
- Seas Too Far To Reach
- She Would Look For Me
- Simon Smith And The Amazing Dancing Bear
- Singer Songwriter
- So Come Back I Am Waiting
- Song About A Star
- Song Of Our So
- Starry Stairs
- The Industry
- The Latest Toughs
- The Next Four Months
- The Rise
- The Valley
- The War Criminal Rises And Speaks
- Title Track
- Unless Its Kicks
- Wake And Be Fine
- We Need A Myth
- Where The Spirit Left Us
- White
- White Shadow Waltz
- Yellow
- You Cant Hold The Hand Of A Rock And Roll Man
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[Verse 1]
C Em
Pull down the shades, let's kill the morning
F G
Lets kill the morning, let it die
Am Dm
Well, your eyes flash out a warning
G C
But they'll be another morning after afternoon and tonight
[Verse 2]
Em Am
Fuck long hours sick with singing
Em G
Sick with singing the same songs
Am Dm
In the bars, they'll soon be drinking
G
Lets cash my check and drink along
[Verse 3]
C Em
Old times, hello, hey, I've missed you
F G
Old life, hey now, let me in
Am Dm
Because you win on every issue
G
Now, can I kiss you?
Don't you care how long it's been?
[Verse 4]
Em Am
It has been so many years, I lived my yearning
Em G
But in every bed, it led me through
Am Dm
They only blew on what was burning
G
And it grew, the fire grew
[Verse 5]
Am G
And now with nothing to consume
Am G
It's turned on me in my glass room
Am Dm
Where I'll burn, you think I'm finished
G
Think I'm not winning
Well, go on, assume
[Verse 6]
C G Am F
So, take me, I'm yours, morning starship
C G Am F
Sparkling stars line your lights as they lift off
Am F Am F G
The loneliest street corner this clown has yet leaned against
[Verse 7]
C G Am F
I'll let all these fine faces fold into me
C G Am F
The warmth from the space lights illumines the sea
Am F Am F G
As the laughingest mouths wetly open, but we set them sighing
G
We'll take them flying
[Verse 8]
C Em
And we'll take this man, left almost passed out
F G
Cause we're pretty sure he needs a hand
Am
He says he can't stand
Dm
And when we pick him up
G
He asks us where this ship will land
[Verse 9]
Em Am
But he knows we know it isn't coming down
Em G
He knows we know we'll fly so far
Am Dm
Till finally stars hold him in all around
G
Till he forgets the ground
Till he forgets the crawling way
Am
Real people sometimes are
[Outro]
G Am x6
La, la, la, la, la
C Em
Pull down the shades, let's kill the morning
F G
Lets kill the morning, let it die
Am Dm
Well, your eyes flash out a warning
G C
But they'll be another morning after afternoon and tonight
[Verse 2]
Em Am
Fuck long hours sick with singing
Em G
Sick with singing the same songs
Am Dm
In the bars, they'll soon be drinking
G
Lets cash my check and drink along
[Verse 3]
C Em
Old times, hello, hey, I've missed you
F G
Old life, hey now, let me in
Am Dm
Because you win on every issue
G
Now, can I kiss you?
Don't you care how long it's been?
[Verse 4]
Em Am
It has been so many years, I lived my yearning
Em G
But in every bed, it led me through
Am Dm
They only blew on what was burning
G
And it grew, the fire grew
[Verse 5]
Am G
And now with nothing to consume
Am G
It's turned on me in my glass room
Am Dm
Where I'll burn, you think I'm finished
G
Think I'm not winning
Well, go on, assume
[Verse 6]
C G Am F
So, take me, I'm yours, morning starship
C G Am F
Sparkling stars line your lights as they lift off
Am F Am F G
The loneliest street corner this clown has yet leaned against
[Verse 7]
C G Am F
I'll let all these fine faces fold into me
C G Am F
The warmth from the space lights illumines the sea
Am F Am F G
As the laughingest mouths wetly open, but we set them sighing
G
We'll take them flying
[Verse 8]
C Em
And we'll take this man, left almost passed out
F G
Cause we're pretty sure he needs a hand
Am
He says he can't stand
Dm
And when we pick him up
G
He asks us where this ship will land
[Verse 9]
Em Am
But he knows we know it isn't coming down
Em G
He knows we know we'll fly so far
Am Dm
Till finally stars hold him in all around
G
Till he forgets the ground
Till he forgets the crawling way
Am
Real people sometimes are
[Outro]
G Am x6
La, la, la, la, la
Old Man Luedecke
Old Man Markley
Oldelaf
Oldelaf Et Monsi (...)
Oldporch